Wednesday, April 7, 2010

My Latest

I have worked on this puffin most of today and I am so pleased with him.  After making my "bust" puffin, I challenged myself to do a full body - just to make sure it wasn't a fluke!

Heavy threadpainting is not my normal MO.  I have done a few pieces, including my bust puffin I mentioned above, but I find it very time consuming and usually I like the look of  thread sketching better.  It lends a lighter, more free look.

With that said, here is my newest puffin and I think my all time best!


11 comments:

  1. Marti.. this is exquisitely done. The threadpainting is superb, and I love the background fabric.Great job of the rocks, too.
    You should be pleased.

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  2. I think this is a wonderful piece. Your thread painting is fabulous!

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  3. Congratulations Marti,

    This is absolutely a first class thread painting. Really lovely.

    I have done one thread painting. Thrilled with the results, but as you said, it is very time consuming. Not sure I will do another. However, now we have this in our tool box to use if\as needed.

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  4. Beautiful piece! The background fabric and the rocks are perfectly done as is the thread painted puffin! Congrats.

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  5. Thanks all for looking and your comments!

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  6. Marti -- the puffin, the rocks and the water are all outstanding. Great job!

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  7. A technique I am still wanting to try, dabbled a bit already, but this is inspiring! Beautiful work!

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  8. Your thread painting is terrific, but I'm especially taken with your watery background. Did you paint this fabric yourself?

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  9. This is a great piece... He is so cute and the background fabric is wonderful...

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  10. Marti;
    The threadpainted puffin is beautiful will I see it at a show? I like to thread paint too but I agree on the too time consuming part. There was a great thread sketching article in Quilting Arts Magazine I learned a lot.

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  11. Marti.. thanks for you comment on my blog.. I hope your Tuesdays remain in your heart.. I love your quilts by the way... He is soooo cute..

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